Netanya Bernitz
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Netanya Bernitz
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Senior Laboratory Research Scientist in the Cryptosporidiosis Laboratory at The Francis Crick Institute, London
Reposted by Netanya Bernitz
Our paper has finally graduated from pre-print to peer-reviewed, pretty much unscathed, and is out now! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
The essential host genome for Cryptosporidium survival exposes metabolic dependencies that can be leveraged for treatment
An arrayed microscopy-based CRISPR screen revealed host genes affecting multiple infection phenotypes of the intracellular parasite Cryptosporidium. Hits in the host cholesterol biosynthesis pathway a...
www.cell.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Reposted by Netanya Bernitz
Have you ever wondered how knocking out every single gene in the human genome, one by one, might affect your intracellular pathogen of interest? We did, & boy was it a wild ride! Happy to share our preprint discovering the essential host genome for Cryptosporidium -

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
December 6, 2024 at 1:15 PM